Would you kill a Hume to make a Galka?

[Darkedge]

I currently have a Rank 4 Hume, 32 WAR, 21 MNK, 13 THF (and a bunch of other jobs that I dont plan on leveling just past lvl10) in need of SAM and NIN, and has 11 Goldsmithing.

I kind of want to make a Galka for better stats and to have that beastly effect (most of my WoW characters were tauren)

Would you kill that hume to make the Galka? I just want your opinions.

[Alauna]

Re: Would you kill a Hume to make a Galka?

no.

Pay the extra dollar a month, and make a second character.

you still get to keep your current char incase you feel the need for a change.

[tomfin10]

Re: Would you kill a Hume to make a Galka?

Racial stats don't really mean much in this game. With equipment and food, you can still be good at any job. If you like the way a Galka looks better than the Hume, then I guess you should go for it, if you don't mind starting over.

Choose whichever you'd have the most fun with. If you'd log on each day regretting you chose a Hume... well, that's not much fun.

[Darkedge]

Re: Would you kill a Hume to make a Galka?

Well, Galka do have beastly HP and I only really plan on leveling melee jobs.

I don't really care about look that much because I play on PC and if the Galka look starts to bother me I can just change galka into Hume or whatever.

The main reason I don't want to just make another character is that it would be a waste of time simply re-leveling the jobs I have.

[tdh]

Re: Would you kill a Hume to make a Galka?

I wouldn't. But, if all you wanted to level was WAR, MNK, NIN, and SAM, it might be good for you to do that. I've partied with some really kick arse Galka MNKs, and a few pretty damn good Galka NINs. I did almost ALL of my beta leveling with a Galka MNK. He kicked hella butt!

But for me, I would just stick with it. Do you really think the lesser amounts of HP, STR and VIT are hindering your playing? Because if you do kill the Hume, you'd have to level to Lv.30 to then unlock SAM and NIN to ahead and level them.

[Lacilie]

Re: Would you kill a Hume to make a Galka?

If you play a Galka DD melee(such as MNK, DRG, SAM, DRK, RNG, THF), your big chunk of HP is only useful when:
-Goblin or Bomb type self-destruct early.
-Backup tanking for when main tank needs it.
If you play a Galka tank(PLD, NIN, WAR), your HP will help with your defense, however for PLD, your MP will hurt, I don't think you can afford to lose the PLD rings/earrings for some astral or MP boost.

Honestly though, the racial difference doesn't hurt as much as people said it would. My friend started as a taru PLD, and she was 1 of the most famous good PLD on my server(well she quit now). I have partied with many galka whm, 1 from my LS, and they are all just as good as any WHM I partied with, we can still make chain 4+ easily.

The HP, VIT bonus from Galka really actually help when you are soloing or tanking, otherwise, it's nothing but to show off. Remember FFXI is a party game, you go around doing most stuffs with a party of 6, even when you solo, I doubt you will be soloing Evenmatch or above as lv75, to be exact, probably not even Easy Prey. For monsters checked as Too Weak, even taru SMN can solo it.

If you still think you need the racial bonus, I'd say make it on a 2nd slot, so your hume can be saved for when you suddenly wanna go back again.